Trunk-lock.



.A. HU DZIAK;

TRUNK LOCK- APPLICATION FILED JULY 28- IQIL. I l 255g01-2. I Jan- 29,

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1,255,012. I Patented Jan. 29,1918. I 2 EEEEEEEEEEEE 2- 1112111 33 STATEPATENT @FFEQE.

ALBERT HUIDZIAK, OF KEMMEBER, WYOMING.

'rnUNK-LocK.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT HUDZIAK, acitizen of the United States,residing at Kemmerer, in the county of Lincoln and State of -Wyoming,have invented certain others that will appear as the nature of theinvention is better understood, the same consists in the novelcombination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described,illustrated in the accompanying drawings and then claimed.

In the drawings forming a part of this application and in which likereference characters denote corresponding parts throughout the severalviews,

Figure 1 is a central sectional view through the device arranged upon abox.

Fig. 2 is an elevational view of the lock with the front plate removedand the trunk lid shown in section, the mechanism being illustrated bydotted lines in its releasing arrangement.

Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the trunk showing the escutcheon plate.

Fig. at is a perspective view of the lock casing.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the front,

removed.

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the bolt member.

Fig 7 is a perspective view of the kee er.

Fig. 8 is a perspective view of the olt actuator, and

Fig. 9 is a perspective view of the key.

It will be understood that the present lock may be employed for manyuses such as the securing of the lid 10 and trunk or box 11 in itsclosed position. A keeper 12 of the form best illustrated in Fi 7 of thedrawing is secured to the lower f ace of the lid 10 by screws 13 and isarranged with a plurality of depending hooks 14 which pro-Specifica'tion of Letters Patent.

Patented J an. 29, 1918.

Application filed July 28, 1917. Serial no. 183,321.

ject through slots 15 in the adjacent end plate 16 of a mechanism casing17 secured to the front side or wall 18 of the trunk.

The said casing 17 is arranged with a front cover plate 19 flatlyengaging the trunk wall 18. while the top plate 16 of the casingoverlies the front plate 19 and is secured as at 20 to the upper edge ofsaid wall 18. plate 19 while a tube 22 extends through the trunk wall 18adapted for insertion of the key 23 therethrough for operating themechanism within the casing 17, it being noted that an escutcheon plate2t is provided at the outer end of the tube 22 retained in position byscrews 25.

A U-shaped bolt 26 is shiftably arranged within the casing 17 slidablyarranged upon the inner side 24 of the casing while a cross strip 28attached to inwardly bent ears 29 of the opposite sides 30 of the casingpasses through opposite slots 31 in the said bolt, thereby maintainingthe bolt in sliding arrangement within the casing.

A leaf-spring 32 is supported by a screw 33 upon the casing wall 27 andnormally engages the adjacent side 34 of the bolt 26 normallymaintaining the bolt projected toward the stop lug 35 arranged withinthe path of movement thereof. The spring 32 engages the bolt side 34inwardly of the strip 28 while the stop 35 is also arranged inwardlythereof.

A depending lug 36 is carried by the connecting side 37 of the bolt 26having a substantially triangular shaped actuator 38 pivoted thereto asat 39 while a spring 40 anchored to the casing wall 27 as at 41 engagesthe curved side or base 42 of the actuator 38.

A post 43 is carried by the casing wall 27 A key hole slot 21 isarranged in the of the actuator 38, it will be seen that the Y actuatorwill be slightly swung upon its pivot 39 until such engagement takesplace and thereafter a reversal in the direction of rotation of the key23 forces the actuator 38 and the bolt 26 against the action of thespring 32 to the dotted line positions shown in Fig. 2 and therebyreleasing the hook flanges 52 from the keeper hooks 14.

It will be seen that a serviceable lock is provided in which themechanism is nor mally arranged as shown by full lines in Fig. 2 and itWill be evident that upon closing the lid 10 that the keepers 14 willslide past the bolt flanges 5:2 and become automatically locked byengagement therewith. The bolt 26 may be readily retracted in the mannerdescribed by a person familiar with the insertion operation of the key23 but a person unfamiliar therewith will turn the key in eitherdirection, only swinging the actuator 30 upon its pivot 39 without inany manner aifecting the bolt 26 or releasing the lock mechanism whilethe spring 40 will return the actuator to its normal position ready tobe employed for retracting the bolt 26.

\Vhat I claim as new is l. A lock comprising a casing, a keeper havingdepending hooks arranged within the'case when the device is closed, a U-shaped locking bolt having terminal hook flanges within the path ofmovement of the said keeper hooks and having opposite notches therein, astrip carried by the op posite sides of the casing freely arrangedwithin the said notches, and a key manipulated actuator for said bolt.

2-. A lock comprising a casing, a keeper having depending hooks arrangedwithin the case when the device is closed, a U- shaped locking bolthaving terminal hook flanges Within the path of movement of the saidkeeper hooks and having opposite notches therein a strip carried by theopposite sides of the casing freely arranged Within the said notches, atriangular shaped actuator pivoted to said bolt having a dependingsharpened lug, a positioning spring engaging the side of said actuatoropposite the said lug, a key post Within the casing adjacent the saidlug a key adapted for positioning upon the said post having its bitprovided with a groove in its free end adapted for the reception of thesaid lug during the operation of the device In testimony whereof I aiiixmy signature.

ALBERT HUDZIAK.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Iatents, Washington, D. C.

